The 21st-annual Motorcyclist Memorial Rededication Weekend will be held Friday and Saturday in Hopedale.

Gates will open at 9 a.m. Friday, which will include a 50-50 drawing that evening along with the White Collar Criminals Band performing beginning at 9 a.m.

Saturday's events will include gates opening at 9 a.m. with the rededication ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Groups to perform will include Tony Janfone Jr. with Curtis Swift from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Lumber-N-Steel from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be a 50-50 drawing. A candlelight vigil gets under way at 8 p.m.

A bike rodeo will be held Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event includes the presentation of scholarships open to seniors in 10 counties.

The Motorcyclist Memorial Foundation, "dedicated to brothers and sisters lost," was an idea conceived in 1992 and officially formed on Dec. 16, 1993.

According to its Facebook page, the foundation members are charged with the care, upkeep, improvements and expansion of the memorial site, and to annually sponsor a college scholarship fund to benefit students who wish to further their education. The "Motorcyclist Memorial" is located on a grassy knoll near Hopedale American Legion.